August 15, 2010 — a day that could’ve buried Bitcoin forever.
In block 74,638, a catastrophic bug was exploited. One transaction created a mind-melting **184 billion BTC** out of thin air. That’s not a typo. That’s more than *8,800 times* the total supply of Bitcoin.
Two addresses suddenly held 92.2 billion BTC each. Scarcity? Broken. Trust? Shattered. The entire Bitcoin experiment was hanging by a thread.
The bug, CVE-2010-5139, exposed a deadly flaw: the code didn’t properly limit transaction outputs, and it cracked open a hole big enough to swallow Bitcoin whole.
But then came the rescue.
Satoshi Nakamoto, along with early dev Gavin Andresen, dropped version 0.3.10 within hours. A soft fork kicked in, reversing the chain and *deleting* the fake coins. It was swift. It was precise. It saved Bitcoin.
Had they hesitated, Bitcoin might’ve died before it ever lived. Price? Zero. Future? Gone.
Instead, it became a war story. A defining moment. A symbol of the network’s resilience. By year’s end, BTC soared from \$0.07 to \$0.30 — up over 300%. Not despite the bug, but because of how it was handled.
This is why decentralization doesn’t mean chaos — it means community. It means readiness. It means surviving the fire and coming out stronger.
Remember block 74,638. It’s the scar that proved Bitcoin could bleed — and still win.
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